Jun 2, 2010
Ten-Word Tuesday. On Wednesday. Because It’s 92 Degrees In Bossy’s House And Meh
One day last week Bossy and her friend Martha went to Ikea because Martha had a long list of Ikea items to purchase. Bossy also had a long list of Ikea items to purchase, except Bossy’s list of items looked like this:
Bossy and her friend Martha began their Ikea day by walking around the furniture showroom, where Bossy likes to pretend she lives in all of the cute little room displays, where two sofas and two opposing chairs and a coffee table and three standing lamps and a wall of bookshelves and a loft bed fit in a space normally designated for a couple of cat bowls.
So there was Bossy and her friend Martha walking around, where walking around equals sitting in lots of chairs, when suddenly Bossy spied this:
The thing that captured Bossy’s attention about this bathroom display is the fact that the same easy-care treatment is used for both the floor and the walls — and in this case it’s some kind of slate or slate laminate or slate composite or stone or stone laminate or stone composite or maybe it’s not slate or stone but the point is no fussy little bathroom tiles and no fussy little bathroom grout.
Bossy doesn’t have will nor money for a bathroom renovation at this time, but Bossy can sum up her desire for dark unfussy bathroom surfaces in this way: Lord no grout; floors and walls you can hose down.
Which is what today’s Ten-Word Challenge is all about. In exactly ten words, can you tell Bossy about the things you most love and/or most hate about your bathrooms? Because then if any of us ever renovate our bathrooms, we can use this list as things to avoid and things to consider.
So be sure to check back later today for the best and worst of bathrooms on the web.
Hate: showering in the tub, mildew shower curtain, grout, grout!
Really, previous owners? Non-stick flower decals on tub floor?
Microscopic medicine cabinet good for nothing except stuff toppling out.
Dear soap scum, why do you cling to grey tiles?
–>Gutted 2 bathrooms with spouse recently. Still married. Barely. Kidding!?
–>Estimate time and costs for bath. Then double it.
Bossy’s kingdom for a larger flat rim surrounding pedestal sink
–>Tried to win not one but two local DIY contests.
(photos: http://www.websavvymom.com/2009/02/bathed-in-satisfaction.html)
People still have bathtubs in their bathrooms? Europe forgot!!!! —–> JEALOUS!
Better storage! Bossy’s daughter growing up. Her eyeliner needs a home.
Anyone happy w/glass shower doors or do they soap-scum up?
Previous owners “redid” bathroom themselves with cheap materials. It shows.
Love my beautiful antique Victorian tile. But its cracking. Renovate?
floor2ceiling mirrored walls. Not supermodel.Cellulite in flab folds.Depressing.
Glass shower doors marvelous, must squeegee daily to avoid scum.
My Contractor = my hilarious friend — capable and creative. Win!
Blew out a wall, added a sink, walk-in closet.
I love that I have enough space on both sides of the toilets in my bathrooms to vacuum the entire room without using little attachments! I hate that the master bath shower doesn’t have a seat or something to put my foot on for shaving my legs and that it has glass shower doors….grrrr for cleaning those.
Then: suburban cookie-cutter bathroom. Now: larger bathroom, still suburbs.
Leg shaving. Oops. Had to buy ugly plastic bench. Meh.
Choosing tile, colors, fixtures = torture. The pressure of choices!
–>Husband fought for shower doors and won. Not too shabby.
I hate that my bathroom smells like a Mobil station within 6 hours of cleaning it.
–>Sorry about bad link earlier. Here are pictures:
http://www.websavvymom.com/2009/02/bathed-in-satisfaction.html
a toilet that doesn’t wobble would be a nice change
Hate master bath’s 1960’s era. Love main bath’s new updates! http://5thofnine.blogspot.com/2009/08/finally-finished-bathroom.html
Mildew, bubbling paint, and more mildew. Stupid, weeping stone walls . . .
Master bath is Pepto Bismol PINK because I HAD to.
Pink tile yellow floor now gone. Love my jetted tub!
I have 4 shower inserts because grout mildews. YUCK!
Tile is classier but one piece is easier.
Glass block window. No bathtub. I’m strictly a shower person.
Exhaust fan with dim motion light for nighttime potty visits.
White tile – seemed like a good idea at the time.
Bathroom with no window. We crowd in during tornado alerts.
Electronic dust pan and Toto Washlet, washes, dries, heated seat.
This will be more than ten words but – Bossy – have you heard about RecycleBank? And that it’s free to sign up? And you get points that you can turn in for coupons and cool stuff? LIke the one I just used for $20.00 off of a $100.00 purchase @ IKEA? http://www.recyclebank.com/ I figure that you most likely recycle and don’t pay for pickup (i.e. covered by township) – figured I’d pass it on!
Why’s a tub good for resale? Bossy wants real shower.
Imagine, if you will, applying makeup under decent lighting. Shiver.
Hate: Husband’s shower broken, the dude is now in MINE.
Trained husband to spray shower glass/tile daily – then squeegee
Grout never gets clean. Not even with bleach. Eww, gross.
Agree with Bossy. Grout is worst substance known to man
bathroom eats toilet paper never caught in act, but true
I love my bathroom except everything about it. EVERY. THING.
Clawfoot tub on octagonal black and white Victorian tile. Gorgeous!
Hooks! Hooks, people, not towel bars. Okay, as you were…
[This is not Ten-Word Tuesday entry.] In addition to RecycleBank, you might also want to check out FreeCycle in your area. Basically, it’s a totally free internet-enabled swap meet via email. All kinds of stuff shows up, including bathtubs, sinks, cartons of tile, fixtures, etc. that people don’t want to just throw away.
Only ONE bathroom in house. Mama always last in line.
or
One bathroom….would even be willing to have porta potty
or
New toilet last year…previous toilet dated 1952..NO kidding!
Little boy with aim not so good. Sometimes soggy socks.
Too small x 5
Avoid snow-white porcelain like the plague. It’s never clean!
Love my frameless glass shower door, isn’t hard to clean.
What were the people who built smoking – light BLUE tub?
Separate bathroom dh = good hair days, no steamy shower!
Two toilets in separate rooms = no smelly dh issues!
Am I only one who can’t see any images?
(Sad face counts as one word.)
rotting sub floor = no lease renewal = we live on the road again :*(
Lovely big house, original owners bankrupt – all finish work crap.
Pretty much the only thing I hate about my bathroom is:
Having To Share It With A Man.
I know that’s only 6 words, and I thought about expanding it, but I figured that the ” – Who Can’t Aim Worth Crap And Why Can’t They Focus On What They Are Doing For Crying Out Loud” would be understood.
Vanity/tub circa 1973. Can you say “Hello, Carol Brady?”
Toilet in separate compartment from shower. No waiting thru long kid baths to pee.
Love my slate floors with dark brown, super-sealed grout. dirt? what dirt?
i want a bathtub long enough for my whole body.
Raised double sinks & counter, heated floor!
Dumped brass fixtures!
3 girls/1 man in our house. he sits. we love him.
I love that my one and only bathroom is old fashion feel with easy to clean surfaces. Open and airy. Alot of white t&g wood.
I don’t like that it is the only bath and that it is fairly small.
I’d love to have a huge all glass and chrome shower somewhere…dream on.
Big space, large windows, neatly rolled towels, claw foot tub!
Hatez: My sink that is the size of a washcloth. Folded.
opps…10 words…
I desire a”self cleaning” bathroom, get on it inventors.
No storage, ugly paint & wallpaper. Fear of hiring contractor!
large diamond pattern on wall, bathroom appears larger than closet.
Love: plug-in inside vanity – no more daily coiling hairdryer cord
and
1′x2′ tiles in shower -minimal grout to clean
and
Lights on dimmer switch
and
Hook by tub to hang towel and bathrobe
IKEA why you make Bossy cry? Me no likey swedish bathrooms anymore.
Three family toilets, one is loose and leaky, hover there.
Laminate floors; tiny room, ugly shower broken shower door blech!
bathroom has one sink
share with hubby
beard stubble
yuck!
Designed in 1978. What’s not to love aside from EVERYTHING?
Colorful mosaic with randomly scattered seashells frames a giant mirror.
{LOVE IT}
1970’s glass shower doored damp beige particle board nightmare.
White tile and white grout;
awaiting to rip you out.
Love my 3/4″ glass tile, corner shower and double sink.
Too small. Too small. Too small. Times two!
nasty tile removed…subfloor now for 9 months – HATE THIS!!!
Large bathroom equals more square feet of floor to wash.
The word grout kind of sounds like how it looks.
1970’s cowboy. White etched flowers on mirror and longhornlike hooks!
(Sure needs updating, but have made my peace with it)
Love that my bathroom floor complements my new IKEA dishes… thanks for being my personal shopper Bossy!
Love: No bath, heated towel rail.
Hate: Cold tiled floor.
Bought house for deep bathtub. It sucks big hairy balls.
Bossy’s dream bathrooms exist in France: they’re self-washing public toilets!
Shower: Small stones surrounded by grout. Always cleaning. Always dirty.
the poo doesn’t always go down, need I say more?
Clear glass shower doors – squeegie every time – beautiful, easy!
use lemon oil on clear glass shower doors – wipe, repeat
I’d answer but my keyboard broke when my head fell on it when I passed out from pure nearly orgasmic joy at the thought of a bathroom I could just HOSE DOWN.
Peel and stick tiles, rotting subfloor that I trip on
My friend has a toilet that is all one piece–no external hardware. I covet it.
Love walk-in shower w/glass block wall HATE when boys miss toilet.
What idiot thought carpet in a bathroom was good? Sheesh.
Normal people tub = Olympic pool. My tub = toddler wading pool.
The bath is set in the floor. I’ve fallen in!
Much to my chagrin
Wallpaper,
you are a no-win
54″ wide. pink toilet. nuff said.
Bossy has one word about her bathroom floor: Roll vinyl.
My, bathroom toilet, but you do take forever to flush.
Double sink, Bossy laughs at the concept. And then cries.
Do NOT like my husband’s whiskers. Dreaming of the day I have my own claw foot tub without other people’s dirty feet, whiskers, dead skin….
Hate hate HATE glass shower doors. Yes they scum up!
P.S. I’ve missed my visits to Bossy. I think , THINK, I am back in circulation now!
Hate that bathroom is only feasible spot for cat potty.
What I HATE most is the Man Pee splatter everywhere.
Want want want separate PRIVATE chamber for the porcelain throne.
Here is what I hate…what seemed like a wonderful bonus when we bought this house,, was quickly a pain….and, just ignoring a toilet and not using it doesnt work…I found out if you dont use it, the water turns dark! UGH!
6 toilets
no waiting to pee
cleaning them all….me!
Must stand on stool to use supposedly cool, above-counter sink.
The toilet paper holder bumps my elbow. Gimme an inch!
Love that my Vanity is not even in the bathroom!
Also…
White,White,walls,floor,fixtures,storage,what were they thinking?
Also…
Hate sharing teeny tiny bathroom with giant kitty litter box.
… well… it’s IN the house. The job ahead of us!
BB
Blue whirlpool bathtub with no heater. Blue tile. No. Door!
pink tile. pink lose tile. did I mention pink tile?
three males in the house and none have good aim
I like the chair height toilet. No squatting here!
The little space between the shower stall and the sink. (Because, puh-lease! how are you supposed to get the floor steamer in there?! It’s only 6″ wide!!)
My bathroom door is not soundproof. I hear too much.